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LASTAUFF'ER. COMBINED SNOW PLOW, SHOVEL, AND SWEIEPER.

No. 588,363. Patented Aug. '17, 1897.

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' J. A. STAUFFER.'

COMBINED SNOW PLOW, SHOVEL, AND SWEEPER.

Patented Aug. 17, 18-97.

UNITED" STA-res ATENT FFICE.

JESSE A. STAUFFER OF MGKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED SNOW PLOW, S HOVEL, AND SWEEPER SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters iatent N 0. 588,363, dated August 17 ,1897;

' Application filed January 21,1397. Serial No. 620,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..- I

Be it known that LJnssE A. STAUEFER,a citizen of the United States,residing at McKeesport, in the county-of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Snow Plow, Shovel, and Sweeper; and I do declare or as asweeper and plow, and which when used as a plow willpress down the snowat the sides and prevent it falling back into the path made.

A further object is to provide means by which the snow or dirt afterhaving been swept may be collected in a pan.

WVith these objects in View the invention consists of certain featuresof construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of myinvention, illustrating in full lines the position of the parts themachine assumes when used as a plow. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showingindotted lines the position the parts assume when acting as a shovel orexcavator and in the act of dump ing the snow. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalvertical sectional view. a Fig. 4 is a rear View. Fig. 5 is a detailviewof the axle hanger and of the hooked springs and cross-rod by means ofwhich the body of tlJQShOVGlOli excavator is held in position. Fig. 6.isa top plan view of the same. Figs. 7 and 8, respectively, are side andend views of the combined sprocket and gear wheel; and Figs. 9 and 10are similar views of the gear-wheel on the end'of the brush-shaft.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the supportingwheels, which havetraction-faces in the form of rims or rubber tires.

2 denotes the axle connecting the wheels, 3 the side pieces of thehandle, and 4 the brackets connecting the side pieces with the axle. Theupper ends of the side pieces of gage the cross-rod 11, removablyconnected to the handles by screw-hooks 11. By this construction theshovel will be held in proper relation to the handles and be preventedfrom tilting.

l2- den0tes the plow, which consists of two moldboards 13, to the sidesof which are secured two angle-plates 14, the lower ends of which areprovided with slots 15, through which project clamping-bolts 16. Asshown in Fig. 1, the machine is used as a plow, but by simply looseningthese bolts and unhooking the back of the shovel from the cross-rod toallow the rear end of the moldboards to be elevated above thesupportingwheels the moldboards maybe swung out-ward in the positionshown by dotted lines in said figure, and when in this position thebolts may be tightened to prevent further movement of the moldboards.ployed forlocking the moldboards in this p0- Additional means may beemsition, such as the screw-bolts 16, which extenddown from the uppercurved rear end of the shovel. I

1? denotes two arms, which are hung on the axle of the machine andextend rearward. A rotary brush 18 is journaled in the rear ends ofthese arms and is rotated in the opposite direction to the advancemovement of the machine by a system of multiplying-gears, which consistsof a sprocket-wheel19, secured to the drive-shaft 2 by a set-screw 21,the sprocket-wheel 21, provided with a large gearwheel 22, both of whichare journaled in the rearwardly-extending arms, a pinion 23, secured tothe shaft of the rotary brush, and a sprocket-chain 24, passing aroundthe sprocket-wheels. I

Arranged immediately in advance of the rotary brush is a receptacle 25,which is provided with a hinged front door 26 and with a shield 27 atthe rear of the brush. As the machine is shoved along there will bedepressions in the pavement or road that the shovel or plow will nottouch, but when the brush reaches these depressions it will, owing toits pivoted connection with the axle, fall into them and sweep the snowinto the receptacle.

\Vhen it is desired to dump the receptacle, the rear end is elevated andits front door swung open. If it is not desired to employ the brush andits receptacle, it may be thrown out of gear by loosening the set-screw21 and be swung up out of position, as shown in Fig. 3, and held by ahook and eye to the handlebars.

If desired, the gearing may be protected from snow and sleet by a shield27.

IVhen in use as a plow, the machine is pushed along and the moldboardswill make a path and force the snow outward and bank the same, so thatit will not fall into the path after the plow has passed.

When used as an excavator or shovel, the moldboards are adjusted to formthe sides of the shovel, and when the shovel has been filled with snowthe same may be dumped by releasing the hooks at the back of the shoveland pressing downward upon the outer ends of the handles.

Although I have described the invention as being operated by hand, it isevident that if made on alarger scale horse-power would have to besubstituted, and this could be done without materially changing thenature or character of the invention.

Many means may be employed to propel the machine, and I do not thereforewish to be restricted to any particular means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a combinedsnow plow and shovel, the combination with the bottom of the shovel, ofa plow the moldboards of which are connected to the bottom of the shoveland capable of being spread apart to form sides for the shovel,substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined snow plow and shovel, the combination with thesupporting-wheels and their axle, of handles pivoted to the said axle,the shovel pivoted to the front ends of the handle, and a plow havingmoldboards pivoted to said shovel and capable of being swung out to formsides for the shovel, and means for locking the moldboards to the shovelin their position as a plow, or in their position as the sides of theshovel, substantially as set forth.

3. In a combined snow plow and shovel, the combination With thesupporting-wheels and axle, the handle-bars hung on said wheels, a

shovel-bottom having its rear end curved upward, spring-hooks projectingupward from said curved portion, a cross-rod connected to the handlesand adapted to be engaged by the spring-hooks, a hinged connectionbetween the front ends of the handle-bars and the bottom of the shovel,and moldboards pivoted to the shovel-bottom to serve either as a plow oras sides for the bottom, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, the supporting-wheels, an axle, handle-bars hung onsaid axle, a shovel connected to said handle-bars in advance of the supporting-wheels,a rotary brush arranged at the rear of thesupporting-wheels and having a geared connection with the axle of thesame, and a receptacle hung from the axle immediatelyin advance of thebrush, and provided with a curved shield at the rear of the brush,substantially as set forth.

5. In a combined snow plow and shovel, the combination with the bottomof the shovel, the rear end of which is curved upward and forwardly,ofmoldboards pivoted to the shovel and adapted to have their rear endsswung inwardly under the upwardly and forwardly curved end of theshovel,and means for clamping the rear ends of the moldboards in thatposition, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination, the supporting-wheels and their axle, thehandle-bars, the combined plow and shovel hinged to the forward end ofthe handle-bars,hanger-arms j ournaled on the axle and carrying at theirrear ends a rotary brush, a receptacle hung from the axle and arrangedimmediately in advance of the brush, and a hook and eye for supportingthe brush and the receptacle from the handlebars when not in use,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JESSE A. STAUFFER. lVitnesses:

I J. LOHMAN, H. J. LOHMAN.

